Little things

Little things

Sometimes when companies consider ways to reward their employees, they get paralyzed by indecision as a result of choosing between multiple grand gestures and, sadly, wind up doing nothing. Better to do something small than nothing at all. And much better do something...
Last Job of the Day

Last Job of the Day

Someone broke into my vehicle the last time I was in Austin. It was a smash-and-grab job. The thieves didn’t get much (two empty purses as my wife had just emptied them both), but they did a thorough job of destroying my window. Back home in New Braunfels, the glass...
Wind It Fast or Slow

Wind It Fast or Slow

The grandfather clock in our library is authentic and needs to be wound once a week. The family considers it “Dad’s clock,” so winding it is “a Daddy job.” When I get in a hurry and wind it fast, the pendulum’s swing arc falls off the path and eventually stops...